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[FICTION] Tales from Port Astor | Police Interview Log with KPA Night Watchman Randall Carter

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Now, Mr. Carter, how long have you been an employee of KPA?

[RANDALL CARTER]: Going on about four years now, and some change.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]:What has been your experience in that time?

[RANDALL CARTER]: It's been mostly good, mostly.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Mostly?

[RANDALL CARTER]: Yeah, some of the hosts and guests could get kind of a big head on themselves, sometimes at least.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Was that--

[RANDALL CARTER]:You're not going to tell them I said that, right?

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Oh, no, no, of course not.

[RANDALL CARTER]: Oh, thank god.

[Both men laugh]

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Was that the case with Mr. Wattson?

[RANDALL CARTER]: Bob? No, not really. He was always a little reserved, but could be real funny when it suited him. His real problems were the guys coming around the station and waiting around to talk to him after the show, the ones that were from his bookie, I am pretty sure.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: He gambled?

[RANDALL CARTER]: Oh yeah, it wasn't widely known, but Bob loved the ponies, but I figure they didn't love him back, if you know what I mean.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Had you seen those same loiterers that night?

[RANDALL CARTER]: No, and not for a little while by that point. Bob had been in a little better mood recently, too.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: So, had there been no one that night?

[RANDALL CARTER]: No, there was one guy; a handsome devil in a suit and oiled hair. He said that he had an appointment, which I thought was strange since I hadn't been told about it in advance which was the usual thing, but I checked the book, and there he was; Samuel Lucius.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: And when did he arrive?

[RANDALL CARTER]: A hair before the show started, I think.

[DETECTIVE WALLACE LARSON]: Wattson's show?

[RANDALL CARTER]: Yeah.

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